On April 4, a delegation from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) visited the Perry Center for an organizational briefing and discussion with Perry Center faculty. The 41 visitors, including 21 officers from Western Hemisphere partner nations, received an organizational brief from Dr. Luis Bitencourt, 
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The Perry Center has just launched Volume 1 of the new Perspectivas eJournal, a collection of current research and analysis. Perspectivas is a digital publication that contains an array of articles, commentaries, and policy statements in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The eJournal thrives on the 
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On March 28, the in-person phase of Perry Center advanced courses concluded with a closing ceremony and reception. The ceremony featured remarks by Mr. Ken LaPlante, Perry Center Acting Director, and Dr. John Melvin Jones, a longtime Foreign Service officer and former US Ambassador to 
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On March 13, the Perry Center hosted a round table discussion and organizational overview for Vice Admiral Marco Antonio Ortega Siu, Coordinator General of the Mexican Marine Corps; Lieutenant General Richard P. Mills, Commander of both the US Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North; 
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On March 11, Perry Center Executive Liaison Officer to USSOUTHCOM Steve Meyer presented a Perry Center overview to an Army South–sponsored Civil-Military Relations Professional Development Exchange at the Honduran Defense Ministry. These overviews serve as the foundation for institutional relationship-building, bringing the mission and resources 
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The federal government was closed on March 17, which would have been the first day for the Perry Center advanced courses residence phase, so courses began officially on March 18 instead. Students arrived in Washington, DC, during the late weekend snowstorm, and spent Monday preparing 
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General (ret.) Carlos Ospina, Chief of Defense Chair and Professor of National Security Affairs, recently published a new book in Colombia titled The Years in Which Colombia Recovered Hope. We sat down with General Ospina to talk about his new publication. Why did you decide 
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On February 28, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo participated in the University of Miami Law School’s annual National Security and Armed Conflict (NSAC) Symposium. She served on a panel discussion on the topic of illicit trafficking and national security, discussing topics including international law and 
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From March 3 to 7, the Perry Center conducted a course on Combating Terrorism at the Colombian High School of War (Escuela Superior de Guerra – ESDEGUE) in Bogota, Colombia. The course was a collaborative effort between US Special Operations Command–South (SOCSOUTH), Joint Special Operations 
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On March 1, 2014, Perry Center Professors Isidro Sepúlveda and Guillermo Pacheco participated in an activity organized by the Commander in Chief of the Ministry of Defense in Honduras, in an effort to create a defense community. The professors gave two lectures to approximately 150 
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